Tuesday, March 17, 2009

On This Day - March 17, 1968


On This Day Sammy Davis Jr., in Toronto for two weeks of performances, is a guest on CBC's The Way It Is because of his opposition to the Vietnam War. After asking him about his stance on playing for the troops, interviewer Barbara Frum tells Davis: 'When you came to Toronto you expressed a desire to, in fact, meet some draft dodgers and they've brought some draft dodgers to the studio to talk to you.' Davis greets the two men with enthusiasm.

An aside: I cannot believe how young and pretty Barbara Frum was.

2 comments:

  1. Smoking in the studio!

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  2. Doesn't it look weird? On some episodes of This Hour Has Seven Days the hosts were barely visible behind the clouds of smoke.

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